Extreme precipitation response to climate perturbations in an
... level of 850 hPa. The temperature response gradually increases up to 3 ◦ C at 300 hPa. Thus, the atmospheric temperature lapse rate slightly decreases in the climate change simulation. The relative humidity slightly decreases with 1–2% between the surface and 300 hPa, and increases by 5% near 200 hP ...
... level of 850 hPa. The temperature response gradually increases up to 3 ◦ C at 300 hPa. Thus, the atmospheric temperature lapse rate slightly decreases in the climate change simulation. The relative humidity slightly decreases with 1–2% between the surface and 300 hPa, and increases by 5% near 200 hP ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
Climate Policy
... framework and to adopt some form of commitments, including voluntary targets of some kind, within or outside the Kyoto system. This strategy has so far only been successful with Argentina, which in 1998 adopted voluntary targets for greenhouse gas emissions (partially motivated by its attempt to joi ...
... framework and to adopt some form of commitments, including voluntary targets of some kind, within or outside the Kyoto system. This strategy has so far only been successful with Argentina, which in 1998 adopted voluntary targets for greenhouse gas emissions (partially motivated by its attempt to joi ...
G8 Impact on International Climate Change Negotiations – Good or
... stated, “Frankly, I don’t think we should have very high expectations of a single event like this. What would be far more important than anything that happens at the summit is the desire and decision to keep moving and to engage in dialogue on a regular basis, because I think a lot will have to be d ...
... stated, “Frankly, I don’t think we should have very high expectations of a single event like this. What would be far more important than anything that happens at the summit is the desire and decision to keep moving and to engage in dialogue on a regular basis, because I think a lot will have to be d ...
Review of Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Policies in Nepal
... Climate change is increasingly becoming the most influential environmental pressure to human sustainability. A discussion started by a small group of people in 1960s in relation to increasing CO2 emission to the atmosphere has now drawn global attention and the peoples are forced to take serious act ...
... Climate change is increasingly becoming the most influential environmental pressure to human sustainability. A discussion started by a small group of people in 1960s in relation to increasing CO2 emission to the atmosphere has now drawn global attention and the peoples are forced to take serious act ...
Planning for an Uncertain Future: Climate Change Sensitivity
... level of direct control over the management of both the water resources and their watersheds, relative to its other surface water sources that are part of the Deer Creek system (described later), including significant watershed protections to maintain high water quality. The high water quality of th ...
... level of direct control over the management of both the water resources and their watersheds, relative to its other surface water sources that are part of the Deer Creek system (described later), including significant watershed protections to maintain high water quality. The high water quality of th ...
Ocean Circulation and Climate: an Overview
... and prevents warmer interior waters from reaching the surface (Hansen et al., 2016). The surplus of subsurface heat is hence made available to melt ice shelves, which in turn leads, through a positive feedback, to further melt and stratification. Crevassing due to warming atmospheric temperatures an ...
... and prevents warmer interior waters from reaching the surface (Hansen et al., 2016). The surplus of subsurface heat is hence made available to melt ice shelves, which in turn leads, through a positive feedback, to further melt and stratification. Crevassing due to warming atmospheric temperatures an ...
West Dunbartonshire Council Climate Change Strategy `Tackling
... In terms of funding for actions, the Council has access to the Central Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) – a Government funding stream which gives the Council autonomy to fund projects which reduce energy consumption in Council property. The initial outlay is then paid back to the fund over a number of ...
... In terms of funding for actions, the Council has access to the Central Energy Efficiency Fund (CEEF) – a Government funding stream which gives the Council autonomy to fund projects which reduce energy consumption in Council property. The initial outlay is then paid back to the fund over a number of ...
Climate Change Legal Roadmap: A Snapshot of Alberta`s Climate
... emissions relative to the gross domestic product in an amount that is equal to or less than 50% of 1990 levels by December 31, 2020. A “specified gas” covered by the CCEMA is “any gas that traps heat near the earth’s surface and includes, without limitation, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, h ...
... emissions relative to the gross domestic product in an amount that is equal to or less than 50% of 1990 levels by December 31, 2020. A “specified gas” covered by the CCEMA is “any gas that traps heat near the earth’s surface and includes, without limitation, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, h ...
The road to Paris and beyond (opens in new window)
... climate risks, it is appropriate to interpret the principle of equity (contained in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) of “common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities” (CBDR) in a dynamic, collaborative, and opportunityfocused way. The idea of “Equi ...
... climate risks, it is appropriate to interpret the principle of equity (contained in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) of “common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities” (CBDR) in a dynamic, collaborative, and opportunityfocused way. The idea of “Equi ...
The importance of biotic interactions for modelling species
... climate change. Using a particular cline of 15 °C it was demonstrated that competition markedly altered the distributions of all three fruit fly species in comparison with those found in single-species clines. Under simulated warming, unexpected effects on the distribution and abundance of fruit fly ...
... climate change. Using a particular cline of 15 °C it was demonstrated that competition markedly altered the distributions of all three fruit fly species in comparison with those found in single-species clines. Under simulated warming, unexpected effects on the distribution and abundance of fruit fly ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
Workshop summary
... These strategies which include programs such as REDD and sustainable land and water management, advocate a range of good practices that are often also the most effective strategy to improve the resilience of food system assets to climate change. Mechanisms for regional cooperation Having identified ...
... These strategies which include programs such as REDD and sustainable land and water management, advocate a range of good practices that are often also the most effective strategy to improve the resilience of food system assets to climate change. Mechanisms for regional cooperation Having identified ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory
... such as organic load in containers, and host availability, affect survival and development. Our predictions thus represent the maximum possible numbers of life-cycle completions – actual numbers would usually be lower. The container properties were taken directly from Focks et al. (1993a); we modell ...
... such as organic load in containers, and host availability, affect survival and development. Our predictions thus represent the maximum possible numbers of life-cycle completions – actual numbers would usually be lower. The container properties were taken directly from Focks et al. (1993a); we modell ...
Global Climate Change - Vanderbilt University
... resulted from natural processes such as variation in solar output, in the earth’s orbit around the sun, in the spatial distribution of the continents, in oceanic circulation patterns, and the rates of volcanic activity. However, never has climate change resulted from human activity, until now. Scien ...
... resulted from natural processes such as variation in solar output, in the earth’s orbit around the sun, in the spatial distribution of the continents, in oceanic circulation patterns, and the rates of volcanic activity. However, never has climate change resulted from human activity, until now. Scien ...
Regional Impacts of climate change
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
Department of Political Science 8t Public Administration University of
... words, over the years in climate change research, there has not been attempt to study the implication of climate change on women. This gap in research has led to the absence of gender sensitive response to global climate change. Climate change has been severally defined. However, the most commonly u ...
... words, over the years in climate change research, there has not been attempt to study the implication of climate change on women. This gap in research has led to the absence of gender sensitive response to global climate change. Climate change has been severally defined. However, the most commonly u ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to
... such as organic load in containers, and host availability, affect survival and development. Our predictions thus represent the maximum possible numbers of life-cycle completions – actual numbers would usually be lower. The container properties were taken directly from Focks et al. (1993a); we modell ...
... such as organic load in containers, and host availability, affect survival and development. Our predictions thus represent the maximum possible numbers of life-cycle completions – actual numbers would usually be lower. The container properties were taken directly from Focks et al. (1993a); we modell ...
The economic impact of climate change
... and Schlesinger, 2002). 6 This is because poorer countries are less able to adapt to climate change (Adger, 2006; Alberini et al., 2006; Smit and Wandel, 2006; Yohe and Tol, 2002), particularly in health (Tol, 2005). Poor countries are more exposed to climate change, particularly in agriculture and ...
... and Schlesinger, 2002). 6 This is because poorer countries are less able to adapt to climate change (Adger, 2006; Alberini et al., 2006; Smit and Wandel, 2006; Yohe and Tol, 2002), particularly in health (Tol, 2005). Poor countries are more exposed to climate change, particularly in agriculture and ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
China, the United States and the European Union: Multiple
... emerged during and after Copenhagen. The rise of China is central to understanding this redefinition.9 Launched in 1978, China's economic reform and opening-up policy, gaigekaifang, came to fruition in the 1990s, and resulted in it becoming a central part and a driver of the globalizing world econom ...
... emerged during and after Copenhagen. The rise of China is central to understanding this redefinition.9 Launched in 1978, China's economic reform and opening-up policy, gaigekaifang, came to fruition in the 1990s, and resulted in it becoming a central part and a driver of the globalizing world econom ...
Resource Guide to NGO Climate Adaptation Resources and Tools
... Natural Resource Conservation Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and universities are leading the way on climate adaptation planning and data management. Many NGOs have climate change and climate adaptation as the leading issue that they are addressing. This has led to a vast and growing system o ...
... Natural Resource Conservation Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and universities are leading the way on climate adaptation planning and data management. Many NGOs have climate change and climate adaptation as the leading issue that they are addressing. This has led to a vast and growing system o ...
An Assessment of the Foundational Assumptions in High-Resolution Climate Projections: The Case of UKCP09
... question whether decision-relevant high-resolution projections could be constructed with today’s models. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the methodology used by UKCP09 and then urge some caution. While this methodology is the only complex modelerror-exploring methodology currently d ...
... question whether decision-relevant high-resolution projections could be constructed with today’s models. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the methodology used by UKCP09 and then urge some caution. While this methodology is the only complex modelerror-exploring methodology currently d ...